List of works by Jan Votýpka

A Historical Overview of the Classification, Evolution, and Dispersion of Leishmania Parasites and Sandflies

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A new species of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) from Python regius (Serpentes: Pythonidae) and its experimental transmission by a mosquito vector.

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A putative ATP/GTP binding protein affects Leishmania mexicana growth in insect vectors and vertebrate hosts.

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A tsetse and tabanid fly survey of African great apes habitats reveals the presence of a novel trypanosome lineage but the absence of Trypanosoma brucei.

scientific article published on 25 July 2015

An increase of larval rearing temperature does not affect the susceptibility of Phlebotomus sergenti to Leishmania tropica but effectively eliminates the gregarine Psychodiella sergenti.

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An unexpected diversity of trypanosomatids in fecal samples of great apes

scientific article published on 05 September 2018

Anaplasma phagocytophilum evolves in geographical and biotic niches of vertebrates and ticks

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Avian haemosporidians in haematophagous insects in the Czech Republic.

scientific article published on 6 December 2012

Blood parasites in northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) with an emphasis to Leucocytozoon toddi.

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

CRISPR/Cas9 in Leishmania mexicana: A case study of LmxBTN1.

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Central Asian Rodents as Model Animals for Leishmania major and Leishmania donovani Research

scientific article published on 20 September 2020

Characterization of a new cosmopolitan genus of trypanosomatid parasites, Obscuromonas gen. nov. (Blastocrithidiinae subfam. nov.)

scholarly article published in 2021

Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus (bed bugs)

scientific article published in 2022

Comparison of Bloodmeal Digestion and the Peritrophic Matrix in Four Sand Fly Species Differing in Susceptibility to Leishmania donovani

scientific article published on June 2015

Cosmopolitan distribution of a trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris.

scientific article published on 16 February 2012

Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum transmitted by Phlebotomus tobbi.

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Description of Phytomonas oxycareni n. sp. from the Salivary Glands of Oxycarenus lavaterae.

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Detection of Leishmania donovani and L. tropica in Ethiopian wild rodents

scientific article published on 18 February 2015

Diversity and evolution of anuran trypanosomes: insights from the study of European species

scientific article published on 02 August 2018

Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids: all that is hidden shall be revealed.

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Diversity of Trypanosomatids in Cockroaches and the Description of Herpetomonas tarakana sp. n.

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Diversity of trypanosomatids (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae) parasitizing fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) and description of a new genus Blechomonas gen. n.

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Ecology of malaria infections in western lowland gorillas inhabiting Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic.

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Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses

scientific article published on 10 March 2021

Eurasian golden jackal as host of canine vector-borne protists.

scientific article published on 14 April 2017

Evolution of parasitism in kinetoplastid flagellates.

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Evolutionary relationships among cyst-forming coccidia Sarcocystis spp. (Alveolata: Apicomplexa: Coccidea) in endemic African tree vipers and perspective for evolution of heteroxenous life cycle.

scientific article published on June 2003

Experimental transmission of Leishmania infantum by two major vectors: a comparison between a viscerotropic and a dermotropic strain

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Experimental transmission of Leishmania tropica to hamsters and mice by the bite of Phlebotomus sergenti.

scientific article published in May 2003

Exploring the environmental diversity of kinetoplastid flagellates in the high-throughput DNA sequencing era

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Exposure to Leishmania spp. and sand flies in domestic animals in northwestern Ethiopia

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Extensive flagellar remodeling during the complex life cycle of Paratrypanosoma, an early-branching trypanosomatid.

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Feeding behavior and spatial distribution of Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in wetland areas of the Czech Republic.

scientific article published on September 2013

First report of the dog louse fly Hippobosca longipennis in Romania

scientific article published on 07 July 2019

Genome of Leptomonas pyrrhocoris: a high-quality reference for monoxenous trypanosomatids and new insights into evolution of Leishmania.

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

Growing diversity of trypanosomatid parasites of flies (Diptera: Brachycera): frequent cosmopolitism and moderate host specificity.

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Haemosporidian infections in the Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) and potential insect vectors of their transmission

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Haemosporidian parasites of a European passerine wintering in South Asia: diversity, mixed infections and effect on host condition.

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

Hedgehogs, Squirrels, and Blackbirds as Sentinel Hosts for Active Surveillance of <i>Borrelia miyamotoi</i> and <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> Complex in Urban and Rural Environments

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

Herpetomonas trimorpha sp. nov. (Trypanosomatidae, Kinetoplastida), a parasite of the biting midge Culicoides truncorum (Ceratopogonidae, Diptera).

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Herpetomonas ztiplika n. sp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae): a parasite of the blood-sucking biting midge Culicoides kibunensis Tokunaga, 1937 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).

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Heteroxenous coccidia increase the predation risk of parasitized rodents.

scientific article published in December 1998

High Prevalence and Endemism of Trypanosomatids on a Small Caribbean Island

scientific article published on 18 December 2018

Host competence of African rodents and for

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

Host-specificity of Monoxenous Trypanosomatids: Statistical Analysis of the Distribution and Transmission Patterns of the Parasites from Neotropical Heteroptera

scientific article published on 11 October 2015

Hyaluronidase Activity in Saliva of European Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).

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Hyaluronidase of Bloodsucking Insects and Its Enhancing Effect on Leishmania Infection in Mice

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Imported new world cutaneous leishmaniasis in a traveller from Slovakia

scientific article published on January 2015

Infection Dynamics and Immune Response in a Newly Described Drosophila-Trypanosomatid Association.

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Intercontinental distribution of a new trypanosome species from Australian endemic Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia).

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Isolation of a Trypanosome Related to (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae) from (Diptera: Psychodidae)

scientific article published on 15 July 2018

Kentomonas gen. n., a new genus of endosymbiont-containing trypanosomatids of Strigomonadinae subfam. n.

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Kinetoplast DNA network: evolution of an improbable structure

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Leishmania HASP and SHERP Genes Are Required for In Vivo Differentiation, Parasite Transmission and Virulence Attenuation in the Host.

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Leishmania donovani development in Phlebotomus argentipes: comparison of promastigote- and amastigote-initiated infections

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Leishmania in sand flies: comparison of quantitative polymerase chain reaction with other techniques to determine the intensity of infection

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Leishmania infantum nicotinamidase is required for late-stage development in its natural sand fly vector, Phlebotomus perniciosus.

scientific article published in April 2012

Leishmania infections: Molecular targets and diagnosis.

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Leishmania tarentolae: A new frontier in the epidemiology and control of the leishmaniases

scientific article published in September 2022

Leishmania tropica in the black rat (Rattus rattus): persistence and transmission from asymptomatic host to sand fly vector Phlebotomus sergenti.

scientific article published in April 2003

Leptomonas seymouri: Adaptations to the Dixenous Life Cycle Analyzed by Genome Sequencing, Transcriptome Profiling and Co-infection with Leishmania donovani

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Life Cycle, Ultrastructure, and Phylogeny of New Diplonemids and Their Endosymbiotic Bacteria.

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Lineage-specific activities of a multipotent mitochondrion of trypanosomatid flagellates.

scientific article published on 30 January 2015

LmxM.22.0250-Encoded Dual Specificity Protein/Lipid Phosphatase Impairs Leishmania mexicana Virulence In Vitro

scientific article published on 17 November 2019

Molecular characterization of gregarines from sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and description of Psychodiella n. g. (Apicomplexa: Gregarinida).

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Molecular mechanisms of thermal resistance of the insect trypanosomatid Crithidia thermophila.

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Mosquitoes in the Danube Delta: searching for vectors of filarioid helminths and avian malaria.

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Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) of strains from Turkey and Cyprus reveals a novel monophyletic L. donovani sensu lato group

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Multiple Lineages of Usutu Virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) in Blackbirds (Turdus merula) and Mosquitoes (Culex pipiens, Cx. modestus) in the Czech Republic (2016-2019)

scientific article published on 16 November 2019

Multiple origin of the dihomoxenous life cycle in sarcosporidia.

scientific article published in April 2001

Multiple radiations of spiny mice (Rodentia: Acomys) in dry open habitats of Afro-Arabia: evidence from a multi-locus phylogeny

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

Natural hybrid of Leishmania infantum/L. donovani: development in Phlebotomus tobbi, P. perniciosus and Lutzomyia longipalpis and comparison with non-hybrid strains differing in tissue tropism.

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Natural infection of bats with Leishmania in Ethiopia

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

New Approaches to Systematics of Trypanosomatidae: Criteria for Taxonomic (Re)description

scientific article published on October 2015

Note on the Taxonomy of Frenkelia microti (Findlay & Middleton, 1934) (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae).

scientific article published in July 2004

Novel Trypanosomatid-Bacterium Association: Evolution of Endosymbiosis in Action.

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Outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Israel

scientific article published on 22 September 2003

Paratrypanosoma Is a Novel Early-Branching Trypanosomatid

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Phlebotomus orientalis sand flies from two geographically distant Ethiopian localities: biology, genetic analyses and susceptibility to Leishmania donovani

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Phlebotomus papatasi exposure cross-protects mice against Leishmania major co-inoculated with Phlebotomus duboscqi salivary gland homogenate.

scientific article published on 15 January 2015

Phlebotomus sergenti (Parrot, 1917) identified as Leishmania killicki host in Ghardaïa, south Algeria

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Phylogenetic analysis of Sarcocystis spp. of mammals and reptiles supports the coevolution of Sarcocystis spp. with their final hosts.

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Phylogeography of the subgenus Transphlebotomus Artemiev with description of two new species, Phlebotomus anatolicus n. sp. and Phlebotomus killicki n. sp.

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Protist Collections: Essential for Future Research.

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RNA Viruses in (Trypanosomatidae) and Evolution of

scientific article published on 16 October 2018

Rotation of male genitalia in various species of phlebotomine sandfly

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in Sanliurfa, Turkey: relationship of Phlebotomus sergenti with the epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis.

scientific article published in January 2002

Seasonal Dynamics, Parity Rate, and Composition of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Occurring in the Vicinity of Wild and Domestic Ruminants in the Czech Republic

scientific article published on 22 December 2015

Sergentomyia schwetzi is not a competent vector for Leishmania donovani and other Leishmania species pathogenic to humans.

scientific article published on 20 June 2013

Spatial feeding preferences of ornithophilic mosquitoes, blackflies and biting midges.

scientific article published in March 2011

The Biting Midge Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Is Capable of Developing Late Stage Infections of Leishmania enriettii.

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

The effect of avian blood on Leishmania development in Phlebotomus duboscqi

scientific article published on 02 September 2013

The life cycle and host specificity of Psychodiella sergenti n. sp. and Ps. tobbi n. sp. (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) in sand flies Phlebotomus sergenti and Ph. tobbi (Diptera: Psychodidae).

scientific article published on 11 July 2010

The midgut transcriptome of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) perniciosus, a vector of Leishmania infantum: comparison of sugar fed and blood fed sand flies.

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The severe combined immunodeficient mouse as a definitive host for Sarcocystis muris

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

The stage-regulated HASPB and SHERP proteins are essential for differentiation of the protozoan parasite Leishmania major in its sand fly vector, Phlebotomus papatasi.

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Transient nature of Toxoplasma gondii-induced behavioral changes in mice.

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Trypanosoma avium: novel features of the kinetoplast structure

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Trypanosoma culicavium sp. nov., an avian trypanosome transmitted by Culex mosquitoes.

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Trypanosomatid parasites in Austrian mosquitoes

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

Trypanosomatids Are Much More than Just Trypanosomes: Clues from the Expanded Family Tree.

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Trypanosomatids in ornithophilic bloodsucking Diptera

scientific article published on 25 July 2015

Trypanosomes and haemosporidia in the buzzard (Buteo buteo) and sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus): factors affecting the prevalence of parasites.

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Viral discovery and diversity in trypanosomatid protozoa with a focus on relatives of the human parasite Leishmania.

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Xenodiagnosis of Leishmania donovani in BALB/c mice using Phlebotomus orientalis: a new laboratory model.

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